GE plans $600m solar panel plant

NEW YORK — Expanding into the growing renewable energy market, General Electric Co. said yesterday that it will build a $600 million solar panel factory, the nation’s biggest, to produce the same type of “thin film’’ panels made by First Solar Inc., the biggest producer.

GE also said that government tests showed its panels set an efficiency record for this type of panel, made from the elements cadmium and tellurium

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